TESTIMONY OF CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR, VETERANS'
ADMINISTRATION, CONCERNING VETERANS'
HOSPITALS, FACILITIES, AND PERSONNEL

U.S. Congress. House.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

-> COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

CARD DIVISION

TESTIMONY OF DR. PAUL R. HAWLEY, CHIEF MEDICAL
DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY,
VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION, CONCERNING THE PRES-
ENT OPERATION, FACILITIES, AND PERSONNEL OF
VETERANS' HOSPITALS, AS WELL AS STATEMENTS RE-
GARDING THE CLOSING OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY HOS-
PITALS AND THE BUILDING OF NEW FACILITIES

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JUNE 17 AND 18, 1947

Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

EDITH NOURSE ROGERS, Massachusetts, Chairman

BERNARD W. (PAT) KEARNEY, New York
ALVIN E. O'KONSKI, Wisconsin
HOMER A. RAMEY, Ohio

FRANK A. MATHEWS, JR., New Jersey
WILLIAM J. CROW, Pennsylvania

W. HOWES MEADE, Kentucky
RICHARD B. VAIL, Illinois
HERBERT A. MEYER, Kansas

EDWARD A. MITCHELL, Indiana

JAMES T. PATTERSON, Connecticut
DAYTON E. PHILLIPS, Tennessee
ROBERT TRIPP ROSS, New York

GEORGE W. SARBACHER, JR., Pennsylvania
CLAUDE I. BAKEWELL, Missouri
GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin

JOHN E. RANKIN, Mississippi
A. LEONARD ALLEN, Louisiana
WALTER B. HUBER, Ohio
MELVIN PRICE, Illinois
OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas

GLEN D. JOHNSON, Oklahoma
JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee
GEORGIA L. LUSK, New Mexico
W. M. (DON) WHEELER, Georgia
HAMILTON C. JONES, North Carolina
HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts

KARL STANDISH, Clerk